South America
Peru
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Peru's #3 import source (world lens). Peru is the EU's #61 goods supplier.
Peru on the world stage
Total imports
$55.0bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$74.1bn
203 partners
#1 import source
China
28.7%
#1 export dest.
China
33.5%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Peru and the EU
EU imports from
€9.6bn
0.4% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€4.4bn
0.2% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #61 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.46
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
75
EUR/MWh
Consumer
125
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
263
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
58%
of generation
Wholesale 30 EUR/MWh · hybrid market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Wholesale market (spot + contract)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Organismo Supervisor de la Inversion en Energia y Mineria (Osinergmin)
A hydro-gas dual system where the Camisea gas pipeline supplies ~40% of generation at regulated prices, locking in gas dependence, while 22 GW of wind and solar projects sit in the COES interconnection queue awaiting…
Tracked infrastructure
18 gas plants
5.1 GW
7 wind farms
407 MW · 2 building
9 solar farms
488 MW · 2 building
23 hydro plants
5.4 GW · 3 building
1 steel plants
750 ktpa
1 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
114
42 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
26
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Copper, Silver
Mine-water verifiability
Partial
OEFA enforcement records
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (6)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
29.8
→ 39.1 by 2050
Fertility
1.96
below replacement
Working-age
66.8%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
13.8
→ 27.4 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 34.2M · peaks 2066
By 2050: +19% (40.6M)